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According to a new paper, changes in the composition of tree and shrub canopies could guide search and rescue teams to find human remains.
Science & Energy

Plants Do Something Weird When They Grow Near Human Corpses, Scientists Say

"This led us to look into plants as indicators of human decomposition."

By Victor Tangermann

Dr. Fauci warns that we've all entered a "pandemic era" due to the impacts of human civilization on spreading new diseases.
Developments

Fauci Warns That Earth Has Entered a “Pandemic Era”

"There are many examples where disease emergences reflect our increasing inability to live in harmony with nature."

By Dan Robitzski

China quietly launched a mysterious reusable spacecraft into orbit this morning on top a massive Long March 2F rocket. Could it be the country's spaceplane?
Space

China Just Launched a Mysterious “Reusable Test Spacecraft”

Is this China's long-rumored spaceplane?

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists build a recreation of the Nintendo Game Boy that works without any batteries to demonstrate new ways to build clean gadgets.
Energy

Battery-Free Game Boy Powered by Force of Mashing Buttons

Finally, a console fueled by your heated gamer moments.

By Dan Robitzski

But not everybody was impressed with Neuralink's recent demo. To many experts, the demo seems to have raised far more questions than it was able to answer.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuroscientist: There Was a Huge Problem With Neuralink’s Demo

To experts, Neuralink's demo seems to have raised far more questions than it was able to answer.

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian biologist plans to gene-hack more CRISPR babies in an attempt to prevent deafness despite other scientists' warnings.
Gene Editing

Russian Scientist Still Plotting to Create More CRISPR Babies

Denis Rebrikov wants to prevent deafness by gene-hacking human embryos.

By Dan Robitzski

Using the recently upgraded GREGOR telescope on Tenerife, Spain, researchers zoomed in on the surface of the Sun to study its magnetism.
Science & Energy

Close-Up Images of Sunspots Look Like Horrible Gaping Mouths

What they saw is absolutely terrifying.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified a solar system with three stars that tore apart its own protoplanetary disc with the stars' bizarre orbits.
Science & Energy

A Three-Star System Ripped Apart Its Own Protoplanetary Disc

Stars can still form, but they'll have a rough time.

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon is launching a Alexa for Residential service that makes it easier for landlords to convert units into smart apartments.
Future Society

Amazon Promises Its Alexa For Landlords System Doesn’t Spy on Tenants

At least, no more than a normal Alexa device would.

By Dan Robitzski

The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype is absolutely insane. It can barely keep itself on the road during a drag race.
Advanced Transport

Watch Ford’s Insanely Powerful Electric Mustang Pop a Wheelie on the Drag Strip

Here it is. The future of the American muscle car.

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Orion spacecraft just completed its System Acceptance Review and Design Certification Review. In other words, it's fit for flight.
Moon

NASA’s Moon-Bound Orion Spacecraft is Officially Fit for Flight

An uncrewed test flight is slated for November 2021.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of psychophysicists believe they've figured out how consciousness works in our mind. If so, they would also have settled a 1,500-year-old debate.
Science & Energy

Psychophysicists: Your Brain Might Not Be as Conscious as You Think

"You just believe that you are conscious at each moment of time."

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX's sixth Starship prototype has "hopped" to 150 meters (492 feet) during a test at the company's test site in Texas, the second hop of its kind.
Starship

Breaking: SpaceX Hops Gigantic Starship Prototype to 150 Meters — Again

"Good paint can!"

By Victor Tangermann

There's a hole on the International Space Station, allowing air to leak out — and NASA is still having trouble tracking it down.
NASA

Weeks Later, NASA Still Can’t Find Hole in Space Station

"The leak rate is still stable and well below the design specifications for the station."

By Victor Tangermann

In an experiment, a team of scientists have created a levitating fluid that allows a tiny boat to float both on top of it — and below it.
Devices

Scientists Debut Hovering “Antigravity” Device

"People say it’s like the scene in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' when the boat floats upside down."

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors engineered a virus that can infect treatment-resistant tumors and make them more vulnerable to existing therapies.
Viruses

Doctors Fight Deadly Tumors Using Gene-Hacked Virus

Next, they're going to try it on human cancer patients.

By Dan Robitzski

Jim Woodward's MEGA drive, a theoretical spacecraft propulsion device, could allow us to travel to distant stars in the far future.
NASA

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

He says his "MEGA drive" could enable spaceflight to neighboring star systems — because, miraculously, it doesn't need any propellant.

By Victor Tangermann

Northrop Grumman just ignited a booster for NASA's long-awaited Space Launch System (SLS). The ensuing fireball was so huge, it lit a nearby hill on fire.
NASA

NASA Tests Rocket So Huge It Lights Entire Hillside on Fire

Northrop Grumman's SLS booster is an absolute beast.

By Victor Tangermann

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative is now listening for radio transmissions from 200 times more star systems it was before.
Science & Energy

SETI Team Increases Number of Stars That Might Host Life by 200x

They're now listening for radio signals from 288,315 star systems.

By Dan Robitzski

Russia has officially declassified footage from 1961 of the biggest ever nuclear blast of the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb, better known as Tsar Bomba.
Future Society

Russia Declassifies Video of World’s Biggest Nuclear Blast

Watch it here.

By Victor Tangermann